The Divine Liturgy for the feast was also celebrated in the Church of St. Agapit, one of the only Lavra churches still open to the canonical UOC amidst the state’s ongoing campaign of Church persecution.
Natalia Gorenok
All that remained of the once large ancient village was the vacated Sts. Peter and Paul Church standing in the middle of the field, and its cemetery, practically as forsaken as the church...
Abbess Alexandra (Zharin)
The Orthodox were terribly persecuted by the secular authorities of Rzeczpospolita, the Catholics and Uniates. People were humiliated, deprived of their civil rights, tortured and killed, but they remained faithful to Orthodoxy.
New Chersonesos will be able to receive up to 50,000 guests per day, and according to Met. Tikhon, will be the largest historical-archaeological park in Russia. Admission is free.
After 104 years, St. Andrei Rublev’s Holy Trinity Icon finally returned to its historical home at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra for good.